Photonic integrated optical phased arrays and their applications [Invited]

Zhipeng Ma; Yuanjian Wan; Hang Liang; Yao Fu; Guobiao Tang; Xiaoyang Zhao; Shiao Zhao; Haibo Kuang; Yu Zhang; Jian Wang

doi:10.3788/COL202422.020041

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 2, 020041(2024)

Photonic integrated optical phased arrays and their applications [Invited]

Zhipeng Ma1...2, Yuanjian Wan1,2, Hang Liang1,2, Yao Fu1,2, Guobiao Tang1,2, Xiaoyang Zhao1,2, Shiao Zhao1,2, Haibo Kuang1,2, Yu Zhang1,2,*, and Jian Wang12,** |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China

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